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Counting Religion in Britain, January 2021

Posted on February 1, 2021 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 64, January 2021 features 16 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 64 January 2021

OPINION POLLS

Coronavirus chronicles: multinational Pew poll on Covid-19’s impact on religious faith
Perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia as problems in the UK
Campaign against Antisemitism/King’s College London Antisemitism Barometer, 2020
Coronavirus chronicles: public attitudes to early medical abortion at home in Scotland
The onward march of religious nones: trend data from Populus/Yonder

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: Religion Media Centre briefing on faith in lockdown
Coronavirus chronicles: Peter Brierley’s estimate of churchgoing after the pandemic
Coronavirus chronicles: anticipating a religious revival?
Coronavirus chronicles: more findings from ‘Coronavirus, Church, and You’ survey
Coronavirus chronicles: United Christian Broadcasters survey of faith during lockdown
Youthscape’s latest research report on Christian youth ministry
Coronavirus chronicles: the Jewish experience of Covid-19
Coronavirus chronicles: survey of impact of Covid-19 restrictions on British mosques

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Profiling of voters by religion: a test case for the Information Commissioner’s Office

NEW DATASETS

UK Data Service, SN 8728: Scottish Election Study, 2016
British Election Study, 2019–23: 2019 Post-Election Random Probability Survey

Please note: Counting Religion in Britain is © Clive D. Field, 2021

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Counting Religion in Britain, September 2020

Posted on October 1, 2020 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 60, September 2020 features 17 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 60 September 2020

OPINION POLLS

Coronavirus chronicles: attending places of worship after lockdown
Coronavirus chronicles: has good neighbourliness increased during the pandemic?
Coronavirus chronicles: religion and volunteering before, during, and after lockdown
Perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia as problems in the UK
Islamophobia in the Conservative Party: Hope Not Hate report
Resonating narratives: Islamist and far-right extremism among young people
World’s most admired people: YouGov’s annual global poll
Belief in the existence of life on other planets
Religious correlates of attitudes to sex education in the Scottish school curriculum

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: Catholic Voices report on Catholic experiences of the pandemic
Coronavirus chronicles: round-up of the Jewish experience of Covid-19
Gendered Islamophobia: Muslim women’s experiences of hate and hate crime
Youthscape report on Christian youth ministry and missional practice

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Non-stun slaughter of animals: Food Standards Agency discontinues reporting data
Religious affiliation in Scotland: results of 2019 Scottish Household Survey
Religious hate crime in Scotland, 2019–20

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Miscellany of recent academic journal articles

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Counting Religion in Britain, August 2020

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 59, August 2020 features 21 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 59 August 2020

OPINION POLLS

Coronavirus chronicles: religion/spirituality under lockdown–YouGov polling
Coronavirus chronicles: religion/spirituality under lockdown–Savanta ComRes polling
Coronavirus chronicles: have religious divisions in the UK shifted in the pandemic?
Coronavirus chronicles: attending places of worship after lockdown
Sunday shopping hours: latest YouGov tracker
Belief in God or a spiritual greater power: latest YouGov tracker
Influence of religion on the world: latest YouGov tracker
Plight of persecuted Christians in Nigeria: time for the UK to take action?
Perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia as problems in the UK
British Muslim anti-Semitism: Savanta ComRes poll for Henry Jackson Society
Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill: Savanta ComRes survey in Scotland

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: Zoom boom for churches, reports Ecclesiastical
Coronavirus chronicles: UK Jewish mortality statistics
Media reporting of Muslims and terrorism: new statistical insights

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Britain’s changing religious landscape: estimates from the Annual Population Survey
Coronavirus chronicles: postponement of 2021 census of population in Scotland
Solemnization of marriages in Scotland: humanist progress checked for the first time
Religious diversity of civil servants as at 31 March 2020
Religious diversity of armed forces personnel as at 1 April 2020
Entries for Religious Studies in June 2020 school examinations in England and Wales

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: impact of the pandemic on Christian welfare organizations

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Counting Religion in Britain, January 2020

Posted on January 25, 2020 by Clive D. Field

The January 2020 edition of Counting Religion in Britain is a special edition presenting an introduction and tables to the five core religion questions included in the British Household Panel Survey (1991-2009) and Understanding Society: United Kingdom Household Longitudinal Study (from 2009). These are two of the largest and most important longitudinal panel studies in the UK.

Included in Counting Religion in Britain are cross-sectional tables showing results for England, Wales, Scotland, and Great Britain; and longitudinal (constant panel) tables for Great Britain. They can be viewed at the following link:

No 52 January 2020

In addition, an Excel version of the cross-sectional data is also available, showing breaks by age and gender, in the figures section of the BRIN website at:

http://www.brin.ac.uk/figures/british-household-panel-survey-and-understanding-society-1991-2019/

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Counting Religion in Britain, October 2019

Posted on November 1, 2019 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 49, October 2019 features 21 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 49 October 2019

OPINION POLLS

Pew Global Attitudes Survey, Spring 2019: religion questions
Religious discrimination in the European Union: a Eurobarometer restudy
One in nine Britons claim to have communicated with somebody beyond the grave
Claimed use of Ouija boards
How children cope with the death of people and pets: Legal and General research
Religious attitudes towards adoption: ComRes poll for Home for Good
Focus of Remembrance Sunday: new polling by Populus
Public knowledge of complaints of anti-Semitism against members of the Labour Party
Jewish political engagement (and disengagement): Survation poll
Ethnic minorities in Scotland and their experiences of, and attitudes to, discrimination
Perceived threat posed by Islamic extremist and other terror groups
Changing British moral attitudes: Ipsos MORI polling from 1989 and 2019 compared

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Charitable and church giving by Christian television viewers: Christian Opinion Panel
Competitive car insurance premiums for the clergy: quotezone.co.uk survey
Church of England Statistics for Mission, 2018
Church of England digital report, 2019
Fresh Expressions of Church in the Anglican Diocese of Leicester
‘The God who speaks’: Roman Catholics and scripture – a new initiative

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Religious hate crime in England and Wales recorded by the police, 2018/19
Religious affiliation of prisoners in England and Wales, 30 September 2019

NEW DATASET

First release of European Social Survey, Round 9, 2018

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Counting Religion in Britain, August 2019

Posted on September 2, 2019 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 47, August 2019 features 15 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 47 August 2019

OPINION POLLS

Spring 2019 Eurobarometer: what value do we place on religion?
School assemblies: should they include acts of religious worship?
Religion in schools: views and experiences of teachers
Support for vulnerable children overseas correlated with frequency of churchgoing
Political and diplomatic fallout from the defeat of Islamic State’s caliphate
ComRes polling on attitudes to Islam and Islamophobia
Enhancing the visitor experience? Rochester Cathedral and that mini-golf course

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Burying Traditions: Co-operative Funeralcare’s latest report on funeral trends
Normalising Hatred: Tell MAMA Annual Report, 2018

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Mode of solemnization of marriages in Scotland, 2018 – the rise of Humanism
Religious Studies GCE A Level
Religious Studies GCSE Level
Scottish qualifications in Religious Studies

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Bertelsmann Stiftung Religion Monitor III, 2017: the politics of religious pluralism
Recent publications on religious psychology co-authored by Professor Leslie Francis

Please note: Counting Religion in Britain is © Clive D. Field, 2019

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Counting Religion in Britain, July 2019

Posted on August 6, 2019 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 46, July 2019 features 17 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 46 July 2019

OPINION POLLS

Climate change: the views of active Christians and the general public
Anti-Semitism and the Labour Party: the views of the general public
Anti-Semitism and the Labour Party: the views of party members
Islamophobia and the Conservative Party: the views of party members towards Islam
Religion and mental health issues
Religion and dietary preferences
The world’s most admired people: results of YouGov’s latest annual survey

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Anti-Semitic incidents recorded by Community Security Trust, January-June 2019
Media reporting of Islam and Muslims: launch of new monitoring centre

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Religious backgrounds of Civil Service staff
Religious backgrounds of UK armed forces
Number of faith schools and their pupils in England: results of 2019 annual census
Religious hate crime in Scotland, 2018-19

ACADEMIC STUDIES

British Social Attitudes Survey and International Social Survey Programme, 2018
Science versus religion: meta-analysis of ten years of data on public attitudes in the UK

NEW DATASETS

GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences, Cologne, ZA 7500: European Values Study, 2017 Integrated Dataset
UK Data Service, SN 8478: Community Life Survey, 2017-2018

Please note: Counting Religion in Britain is © Clive D. Field, 2019

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Counting Religion in Britain, April 2019

Posted on May 1, 2019 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 43, April 2019 features 21 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 43 April 2019

OPINION POLLS

Forgive us our trespasses: BBC and ComRes investigate the willingness to forgive sins
Lead us not into temptation: Populus probes the consumer market for Easter treats
The importance of religion: findings from the Spring 2018 Pew Global Attitudes Survey
Religion and the legalization of assisted dying: Populus poll for Dignity in Dying
Perceived traits of a ‘good’ Christian (according to YouGov panellists)
YouGov poll on the acceptability of godparents who do not believe in God
YouGov poll on public belief in science-based ‘conspiracy theories’, including creationism
Someone to open up to about worries or personal issues? Rarely to religious leaders
Rebuilding Notre-Dame de Paris after the fire: YouGov sounds out British opinions
Should Catholic priests be able to marry? A YouGov poll seemingly inspired by Fleabag
Contribution of non-Christian soldiers to British war effort during the First World War
Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, and anti-Semitism: latest ComRes poll for Jewish News
Multinational YouGov poll on the perceived threat posed by Islamic State
Accessing legal aid to challenge the revocation of Shamima Begum’s British citizenship
General public’s knowledge of the name for a Sikh place of worship

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Churches outnumber pubs and other public buildings, National Churches Trust finds
Church of Scotland statistical returns for 2018
Divine numerology: Ted Harrison reflects on the sacred significance of numbers . . .

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Religion by local authority and region: estimates from the Annual Population Survey
The religion of prisoners in England and Wales as at 31 March 2019

ACADEMIC STUDY

The predictors of young people’s views on the conflict between science and religion

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Counting Religion in Britain, March 2019

Posted on March 31, 2019 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 42, March 2019 features 15 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 42 March 2019

OPINION POLLS

Crossing religious divides: multinational survey by Ipsos for the BBC
Humanist weddings: Humanists UK’s new poll and analysis of Scottish divorce data
Self-understanding of anti-Semitism: Deltapoll for Jewish Chronicle
Jews, political parties, and anti-Semitism: Survation poll for Jewish Leadership Council
YouGov@Cambridge tracker on Islam’s perceived compatibility with British values
Islamic State: YouGov polling on the death of Shamima Begum’s son

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

European Jewish Demographic Unit established by Institute for Jewish Policy Research

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Mode of solemnization of marriages in England and Wales in 2016
Report on diversity of candidates and elected officials in Great Britain

ACADEMIC STUDIES

The Bible and digital millennials: new survey-based research from CODEC
Religion and Brexit: evidence from the 2016 British Election Study Referendum Panel
Gender differences in religion and spirituality among technical and health professionals
Muslim perceptions of discrimination in Western Europe: revisiting 2006 Pew data

NEW DATASET

UK Data Service, SN 8450: British Social Attitudes Survey, 2017

PEOPLE NEWS

Revd Professor David Alfred Martin, FBA (1929-2019)

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Counting Religion in Britain, January 2019

Posted on February 2, 2019 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 40, January 2019 features 22 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 40 January 2019

OPINION POLLS

Brexit: religious voting patterns in any second referendum
Disestablishment: monarchy and the Church of England
Global opinions of Pope Francis
Attitudes to Common Era dating
Perceptions of anti-Semitism in the European Union
Holocaust knowledge and attitudes
Supernatural predictions for 2019

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Anti-Semitic Google searches in the UK
Hostility towards Israel
Number of Jewish students at Jewish schools

ACADEMIC STUDIES

British Political Facts
Beliefs and attitudes of clergy and laity in the Church of England
Methodist leadership and psychological type
Political behaviour and civic engagement of British Muslims
Victimization of Muslim adolescents
Adolescent attitudes towards abortion and euthanasia
Religiosity of academic scientists in the UK
Missionary origins of religious quantification
Eighteenth-century English Quaker numbers
Local censuses of church attendance, 1881-82

NEW DATASETS

UK Data Service, SN 8398: Scottish Health Survey, 2017
UK Data Service, SN 8418: British Election Study, 2017 Face-to-Face Post-Election Survey

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